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PORCELINA OF THE VAST OCEANS

From the album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. An alternate version can be found on the 666 bootleg.


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Billy Corgan
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As far as you take me, that's where I believe
The realm of soft delusions, floating on the lakes
On a distant shoreline, she waves her arms to me
As all the thought police, and closing in for sleep
The dilly dally, of my bright lit stay
The steam of my misfortunes
Has given me the power to be afraid
And in my mind I'm everyone
And in my mind
Without a care in this whole world
Without a care in this life
It's what you take that makes it right
Porcelina of the oceans blue
In the slipstream, of thoughtless thoughts
The light of all that's good, the light of all that's true
To the fringes gladly, I walk unadorned
With gods and their creations
With filth and disease
Porcelina, she waits for me there
With seashell hissing lullabyes
And whispers fathomed deep inside my own
Hidden thoughts and alibis
My secret thoughts come alive
Without a care in this whole world
Without a care in this life
It's what you take that makes it right
And in my mind I'm everyone
In my mind I'm everyone of you
You make it right
It's all alright
You make it right
Porcelina of the oceans blue

EARLY VERSION:
As far as you take me, that's where I believe
The realm of soft delusions, floating on the lakes
On a distant shoreline, she waves her arms to me
As all the thought police are closing in for sleep
The dilly-dally of my bright-lit stay
The steam of my misfortunes
Has given me the power to be afraid
And in my mind I'm everyone
And in my mind
Not a care in this world
Not a care in this whole world
Without a care in this life
It's what you make that makes it right
Porcelina
Porcelina of the oceans blue

And in the slipstream
Of thoughtless thoughts
The light of all that's good
The light of all that's true
Porcelina
Porcelina
Porcelina
Porcelina
And she waits for me there
And shattered dreams
She knows she loves me
All my thoughts and alibis
Hidden thoughts come alive
Not a care in this whole world
Not a care in this whole world
Not a care in this life
It's what you take that makes it's right
And in my mind I'm everyone
In my mind I'm everyone
In my mind I'm everyone
So alive
To make it
So alive
Porcelina
Porcelina
Porcelina of the oceans blue
Porcelina


OFFICIAL RELEASES:
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

CASSETTE BOOTLEGS:
Numerous live versions in circulation.

COMMERCIAL BOOTLEGS:
666
Berlin Bullet
Blackout
Butterfly Wings
Dawn
Despite All Our Rage
Exit Under Burning Skies
In the Belly of the Beast
Kick Start '96
The Live Divine
Live at Reading '95
New Songs
Redrum
Rocknight
Secrets of Your Dreams
Shoot Out the Lights
Sorrow and Pity
Starlight
Twilight
Vast Oceans
Wanna Go For a Ride
(We Salute You) Naked Man
The World is a Vampire
Wrapped Up in the Pleasures of the World